Pakistan as an investment case Though Pakistan offers a huge potential for international investors, many companies have lately been pulling their operations out of the country primarily due to security and economic concerns. I would like to shed light on some of the important economic indicators which foreign (both direct and indirect) investors keep their
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Year: 2013
Book review: A Plea to the Retail Investors
Bob Rice, author of “The Alternative Answer”, is Managing Partner of Tangent Capital and is known to viewers of Bloomberg TV as their alternative investments editor. Much of The Alternative Answer will convey familiar information to those who have followed the quest for alpha over the years. Those working in investment industry will hardly encounter with any sense of
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Best and worst TV Campaigns for Election 2013 Pakistan
A personal analysis of TV Commercials by different parties for Elections 2013
Volume spikes in ETFs as Dubai stocks surge
On Thursday, the iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF (FM) rose almost 1.5 percent to hit a new all-time high on volume that was over 30 times the daily average. The iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF was not the only frontier markets fund that was home to some unusual volume Thursday. The WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund (GULF), a more concentrated
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Book review: After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis
Throughout this long and multifaceted work on the recent financial crisis and its aftermath, Professor Blinder demonstrates that he is the rare academic economist who writes clearly about a complicated topic, clarifying complex issues for readers who remain confused about what happened. Some readers may find his proposed remedies problematic.
Being in love or being in love with love
(Shared from thoughtcatalog.com) It’s a scary thought, isn’t it? When that little voice creeps up in your head and makes you question whether you really want your significant other or you just want love. You’ll dismiss it the first few times. No, no, I obviously care about them. But do you? How do you even know
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An unpalatable truth
(Wrote this story back in college for the college magazine.) Sitting on his sheet, the cobbler has been trying to polish the old collection of shoes he had. Suddenly a pair of dirty shoes appeared in front of him. His hands stopped. He had been waiting for this moment since morning. His fainting
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Middle east ETFs: More different than you might think
If there is one region of the world where investors can usually agree on the economic fundamentals, it has to be the Middle East. The area is world-famous for its hydrocarbon prowess, relatively high GDP per capita levels, and as of late, its political volatility as well. Given the immense potential that these countries have,
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